A REPORT ON A CASE OF MELANISM IN A SPECIMEN OF Crotalus durissus terrificus (LAURENTI, 1768)

A REPORT ON A CASE OF MELANISM IN A SPECIMEN OF Crotalus durissus terrificus (LAURENTI, 1768)

This report documents a case of a melanic specimen of Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) found in Bofete, São Paulo State, Brazil. The authors describe this melanic snake, determine the electrophoretic pattern of its venom, and compare the venom of this specimen against that of normal Crotalus durissus terrificus. This report is very important because melanism is a rare chromatic anomaly

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Main Authors: SILVA,R. J. DA, FONTES,M. R. M., RODRIGUES,R. R., BRUDER,E. M., STEIN,M. F. B., SIPOLI,G. P. M., PINHÃO,R., LOPES,C. A. DE M.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos - CEVAP, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP 1999
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301999000100008
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